119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 4, 2025
Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
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Latest action (Jul 28, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 4, 2025)
Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
This bill creates and expands federal grant programs within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to increase capacity to provide emergency obstetric health services in rural areas or areas without practitioners or facilities specializing in obstetric services.
Specifically, HRSA must establish a program for providing grants to certain hospitals or consortiums that include hospitals in rural areas or areas with maternal health care professional shortages for training, developing a workforce, and purchasing equipment relating to obstetric emergencies. In addition, the bill requires HRSA’s Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health Capacity program to provide grants for training on emergency obstetric services for practitioners in rural health care facilities without dedicated obstetric units. HRSA must also establish a pilot program to provide grants to government entities for developing or improving telehealth access programs to support urgent maternal health care in rural facilities without a dedicated obstetric unit.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 525.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$393,240
Spent on own lobbying
…or other purposes S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guara…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$310,000
Spent on own lobbying
…R. 9421 - Ban Abortion By Mail Act H.R. 729 - Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025 H.R.8495 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027 S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act H.R. 627 - Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act H.R. 10356 - Empowering Moms Act S.Res. 912/H.Res. 1584…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$310,000
Spent on own lobbying
…R. 9421 - Ban Abortion By Mail Act H.R. 729 - Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025 H.R.8495 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027 S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act H.R. 627 - Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act H.R. 10356 - Empowering Moms Act S.Res. 912/H.Res. 1584…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS INC · lobbying firm or registrant: BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF KANSAS, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To improve obstetric emergency care. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.1254 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To i…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$308,925
Spent on own lobbying
…, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Martin Makary. (PN1273-17) Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act (S. 380/H.R. 1254) Jeanette Acosta Invest in Womens Health Act of 2026 (S.5546) Chloe Cole Act (H.R. 7651/H.R. 5843) State Offices of Womens Health Support and Expansi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
MARCH OF DIMES · lobbying firm or registrant: MARCH OF DIMES
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$50,000
Spent on own lobbying
…IMPROVE Act (H.R. 6238, S.3254), Healthy Start Reauthorization Act (H.R.3302, S.3799), Momnibus Act (H.R. 7973), and Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act (H.R. 1254, S. 380).
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$3,840,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Act, all provisions; H.R. 9390, Prices on the Wall Act of 2026, all provisions; H.R. 9645, Health Care Price Certainty for All Americans Act, all provisions; S. 380 / H.R. 1254, Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, all provisions; H.R. 9996, No Surprise Bills for New Moms Act, all provisions; H.R. 9862, The Responsible Artifici…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To improve obstetric emergency care. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.1254 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To i…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$1,240,000
Spent on own lobbying
…community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To improve obstetric emergency care. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.1254 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To i…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$250,000
Spent on own lobbying
…f P.L. 119-21, One Big, Beautiful Bill Act; implementation of Sec. 6501 of P.L. 119-75, Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act; Telemedicine (general); S. 380/H.R. 1254, Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act; S. 1834/H.R. 3762, Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act; H.R. 7973, Momnibus Act H.R. 9441, SAFE Training for OBGY…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ASSN. OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS · lobbying firm or registrant: ASSN. OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$45,745
Spent on own lobbying
S. 380/H.R. 1254 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act S. 4875/H.R. 7352 - PASTEUR Act of 2026 Reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Tobacco Con…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$4,540,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ion Act, all provisions H.R.9393 - Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 2026, all provisions H.R.9396 - Prior Authorization Accountability Act, all provisions S. 380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, all provisions S.1390 - Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, all provisions S.1419 - Youth Sports Facilities A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES · lobbying firm or registrant: CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 15, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$116,445
Spent on own lobbying
…her programs, promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice (S. 380) - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act - Expressed support for the Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act. This bipartisan legislation would ensure that rural health care f…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 14, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$600,000
Spent on own lobbying
…g Act (Connected MOM Act) (H.R. 4977/S. 141), Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 1909), and Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act (H.R. 1254/S. 380), and the Womens Heart Health Expansion Act (H.R. 7417/S. 3944) ; prior authorization reform, including the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 30, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$498,299
Spent on own lobbying
…rtment operations S. 266-Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, to reauthorize programs to improve mental health access for health care providers S. 380- Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act, to improve obstetric emergency care S. 1673-Mental Health Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2025, to make loans and loan guara…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$420,000
Spent on own lobbying
…R. 9421 - Ban Abortion By Mail Act H.R. 729 - Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025 H.R.8495 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027 S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$420,000
Spent on own lobbying
…R. 9421 - Ban Abortion By Mail Act H.R. 729 - Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025 H.R.8495 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027 S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST · lobbying firm or registrant: SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
$420,000
Spent on own lobbying
…R. 9421 - Ban Abortion By Mail Act H.R. 729 - Teleabortion Prevention Act of 2025 H.R.8495 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027 S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 21, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$652,972
Spent on own lobbying
…and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of four years, vice Vivek Hallegere Murthy, resigned. (PN963) Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act (S. 380) Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts. (H.Res. 1383) MOMMIES Act (S. 4913) State offices of womens health b…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$80,000
Spent on own lobbying
…community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To improve obstetric emergency care. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.1254 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To i…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Medicare/Medicaid
$680,000
Spent on own lobbying
…g Act (Connected MOM Act) (H.R. 4977/S. 141), Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act of 2025 (H.R. 1909), and Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act (H.R. 1254/S. 380), and the Womens Heart Health Expansion Act (H.R. 7417/S. 3944) ; prior authorization reform, including the Improving Seniors Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$96,000
Spent on own lobbying
…f P.L. 119-21, One Big, Beautiful Bill Act; implementation of Sec. 6501 of P.L. 119-75, Preventing Maternal Deaths Reauthorization Act; Telemedicine (general); S. 380/H.R. 1254, Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act; S. 1834/H.R. 3762, Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act; H.R. 7973, Momnibus Act; H.R. 7830, WELLS Act; H.R.8159,…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
MARCH OF DIMES · lobbying firm or registrant: MARCH OF DIMES
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$60,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ealthy Start Reauthorization Act (H.R.3302, S.3799), Momnibus Act (H.R. 7973), Dads Matter Act (H.R. 5828, S. 2131), Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act (H.R. 1254, S. 380), and PREEMPT Act (H.R. 9061), legislation focused on coverage guidance on tests for the screening and early detection of preeclampsia.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$990,000
Spent on own lobbying
…community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] S.380 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To improve obstetric emergency care. Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] H.R.1254 - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act To i…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES · lobbying firm or registrant: CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$240,651
Spent on own lobbying
…her programs, promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative and hospice (S. 380) - Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act - Expressed support for the Rural Obstetrics Readiness Act. This bipartisan legislation would ensure that rural health care f…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing